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LACONIA — In the 12 weeks since a mandatory recycling program was introduced in July, the tonnage of solid waste collected at the curbside, transported to Concord and incinerated has fallen by 113.64 tons, or 11-percent, from 1,026.71 tons during the same period in 2012 to 913.07 tons this year. At a cost of approximately $150 per ton, the cost of collecting, hauling and disposing of solid waste during the first quarter was reduced by $17,046, see TRASH page 3
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Schools will ask council tonight to approve $1.8M borrowing BY MICHAEL KITCH THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
Laconia — School Superintendent Terri Forsten will sound the City Council tonight about the prospect of the School District accepting a $1.8 million loan bearing no interest, with the proceeds dedicated to renovations and improvements
designed to “enhance classroom teaching, increase graduation rates, improve employment opportunities and better prepare students for the workplace or higher education”. Laconia was the only school district in the state to express interest in the Qualified Zone Academy Bond, or QZAB,
which is awarded by the federal government and administered by the New Hampshire Department of Education. To qualify more than 35-percent of the students enrolled in the district must be eligible for free or reduced lunch, a threshold Laconia (at 53 percent) easily exceeds. In addition, funding
requires a local match of 10 percent, creation of a so-called “zone academy” and collaboration with community partners. The district recently borrowed $6.5 million in the form of a QZAB as part of the financing package for renovations of Laconia High School and the see QZAB page 3
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Eight-year-old Carissa LaBonte of the Highland Farm in Loudon sits with with some of the farm’s Scottish Highlander cattle at the 103rd annual Sandwich Fair. (Roger Amsden photo for the Laconia Daily Sun)
Fun & fried dough, yes, but fair is still about agriculture BY ROGER AMSDEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
SANDWICH — With over 26,000 people showing up for the first two days of the Sandwich Fair and a bright and sunny Columbus Day on Monday, the annual Sandwich Fair was poised to approach the
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